News

Successful launch of the Resorts World Sentosa Casino

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The recent launch of the Sentosa Resort Casino sees the casino offering the latest games from IGT.

2009 a difficult year for William Hill

Friday, February 26th, 2010

William Hill, the UK based bookmaker today recorded a huge slump in profits for the 2009, indicating that the gambling sector has been hit hard by the global recession.

Visa Exit US Online Gambling Market

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Making a deposit at an online casino with a Visa or MasterCard credit card will be a thing of the past for US citizens following recent changes introduced by the credit card giants.

Global crisis hits Aristocrat profits

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Full Year 2009 financial results for Aristocrat Leisure show revenue down 16% and a loss of $158m, down from a profit of $101m the previous year.

SportingBet to sponsor Brisbane Broncos

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

SportingBet have become the first online gambling company to make the most of the recent relaxation in Australian gambling legislation by taking out a one year sponsorship deal with the Brisbane Broncos National Rugby League (NRL) team.

888 release new games

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

888.com, one of the world’s the leading online gambling companies have today announced the launch of an array of new games to their gaming platform.

Playtech pay over the odds

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

One of the leading online casino and slots software manufacturers has today moved into the online bingo market through the acquisition of Virtue Fusion, an online bingo business, in a deal initially thought to be in the region of £29 million.

French take on Gambling companies

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

A number of leading European based online gaming operators have been locked in battle this week with the French authorities having been accused of illegally offering online casino games to French residents.

Land based slot giant to enter the online slots arena.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The trend of land based gaming companies entering the online sector continued today when the Chicago based slot machine manufacturer WMS Gaming announced that it planned to launch an online gaming business during 2010.
Initially the company will target the UK market before moving into France, Spain and Italy, though they have indicated that they will [...]

Australia ranks 8th in world pokies stakes.

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

A recently published report has indicated that the Aussies rank eighth in the world for the number of pokie machines per capita. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, there is 1 pokie machine for every 110 Australian adults, a figure that is causing some alarm in the political circles down under.